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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] moderntech-:
Alright, so I previously had a GS3 rooted and didn't have any problems going through the process. I am trying to root again however I keep getting a permission denied log. I have been following max lee's video how to root gs3 on mac and have googled this, cannot find a whole lot of info.

Any advice?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] longboardskier:
This is the new method after the OTA update:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35418324

Just reread and see that you're using a mac, which I'm not familiar with any methods that work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] moderntech-:
Is this going to be compatible with mac?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] goodluckrobbie:
No that one is not compatible with mac. I dont know why they haven't made Odin 3.07 for mac yet! Frustrating.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] moderntech-:
It is very frustrating! Do you know any alternatives to go about this with a mac?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
None on xda. You'll need someone with a Windows pc to properly root.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] goodluckrobbie:
seeing as i cant post links go to galaxys3roots dot com or dot org i forgot but they have a ton of stuff.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmxc23:
They did create Odin for the Mac it is called Heimdall. I just googled that as I am typing this post. It is not hard to do some research before saying that there isn't any alternatives for the Mac.

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/heimdall-and-usb-logging-tutorial-xda-developer-tv/

Oh and here is my Google search results regarding heimdall:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=US&ie=UTF-8&source=android-browser&q=heimdall+android

Lastly here is search results regarding rooting on a Mac OSX:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=US&ie=UTF-8&source=android-browser&q=heimdall+android#hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_rn=1&gs_ri=serp&qe=aG93IHRvIHJvb3Qgc2Ftc3VuZyBnYWxheHkgczMgb24gbWFj&qesig=ArNL1lkG0YkRunGTjajYfA&pkc=AFgZ2tknOY8-6fDg53pza6CvOKOhkzSlgor2PjuNe2EJhox0KpMWgsy3Z_FnSdd3i9DzYbmCaf-bfaukMxIleI0PKAP_zoL3lA&pq=how%20to%20root%20samsung%20galaxy%20s3%20verizon%20on%20mac&cp=29&gs_id=41&xhr=t&q=how+to+root+samsung+galaxy+s3+on+mac&es_nrs=true&pf=p&tbo=d&gl=US&source=android-browser&sclient=psy-ab&oq=how+to+root+samsung+galaxy+s3+on+mac&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.41248874,d.dmQ&fp=6919f13fb0aef486&biw=360&bih=305&bs=1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
I've never recommended it because their website (or what I believe to be their website) doesn't verify that it works with GSIII:

http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmxc23:
I see the Mac is a ***** to figure out. Oh well I did my best.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] roberto15359:
Virgin Mobile Jelly Bean

I am currently using virgin mobile and it already has jelly bean 4.1.2. I ave been looking on how to root and it is very scarce on the different options i have to choose from. I have tried this a few times and now installing kies abd drivers. Before it kepy saying writing to user/****/**** permission denied for everything any help please?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ozzmanj1:
I am curious what people feel is the best rom for gaming and speed on an r800at, guess that part doesn't matter as long as its a GSM Rom.

Thoughts and if you can detail why you feel said rom is the best. Again I am looking for best gaming rom, speed and available memory.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D.Spirit:
[ROM] DiXperia 2 'Everlasting' | Performance. Stability. Experience. | 04.09.2012

I used a lot of GB ROMs but I always return to this.

I believe it's smoother and more stable than others.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdojoin:
Cant believe u open a thread just to ask this Q. Scrolling down my xda app there's a bunch of thread asking the same. Not to mention in the general sect.

But since u new to Gsm i like to point out to ur Q that ALL GB ROM can gme & they hav their own pros/cons. So to know which suited u best, u just gonna hav to try it. Coz we may hav the same phone but our taste & view are totally diff. Cheerio.;)

Regards,

Sdojoin
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eksasol:
Normally I balked at these threads, but okay. I like NXT Lite rom and Doom kernel, though honestly I find all gingerbread roms to be good with gaming performance.

You can check here on explanation of the cpu governors and and i/o schedulers: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1369817, it might help with tuning between performance and battery life. I'm using 'smoothass' and 'bfq' @ 250-1000 and it's very smooth, as far as this old phone goes.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ozzmanj1:
Thank you everyone for the replies. As stated I am new to the GSM xperia play but have been on the CDMA for 18 months. I pretty much stick to my own stock VZ rom but heavilynmodded and debloated. So I am just trying to determine what are some users preferred choice(s) of roms as I have been limited to choices of roms when compared to the GSM model.

I guess I should also ask as I have been on 2.3.3 since pretty much the beginning but with the recent release of JB for the PLAY I would imagine that the xperia games launcher doesn't work as these roms are not built on Sony framework, am I incorrect in this? And also how people rate the gamepads on JB? I pretty much play some of the following

Shadowgun,

asphalt 6, backstab,

modern combat 3. (want to play 4 but its not smooth enough for me to play it emjoyably.)

NFS most wanted. (If you want to add me - ozzmanj1)

Order & chaos

The built in PS1 emulator

Other emus

Bards tale

Dead space

All kemco RPGs

Nova 2.

Sorry for the long list. But if someone sees any games above that don't really play nice with JB can you state below. Thank you
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ILikeTheWayYouMove2:
Some ics roms can play them with no trouble apart from mc4 but mc3 works good and so does gta vice city on low graphic settings on ics but as for jb there's touchpad lag in some games lie gta mc3 and a few others shadow gun works but I couldn't get the expansion pack (leftover) to work just kept force closes but some games can run pretty good like fifa 12

But if you want perfect gaming any gingerbread rom

For ics my personal favourite is miui Australia

And jb slimbean or Turbo ui

But these are just my findings and opinions

:)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ozzmanj1:
Thank you. I game a lot (when I have the time) So I would prefer something that would be best with the following features:

Excellent for Gaming

A Rom that has the most available memory.

Is DiXperia and/or NXT2JB / NXT Lite good with these above perks? Again sorry for all the questions its just that now that I have all these choices of ROMs I cannot decide and thought I would pick everyones brain on it.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chery2k:
My vote goes toward jokawild. No titanium backup issues, great on gaming, better wifi strength, xperia stock look. Best of all its based on stock gingerbread.
[Nexus 4 General] -Mindroid-:
I was curious just how much battery a dim screen conserves and I ran a simple test.

The result showed that the screen at the

lowest

brightness setting drains the battery about half

as fast as with the screen at

full

brightness.

To ensure nothing else was affecting the test I put my phone in "Airplane mode" and killed all running apps.

For each test I restarted the battery stats to confirm that background apps were not draining the battery.

Indeed, at the end of each test other processes showed insignificant battery drain compared to one caused

by the display. I set the phone to go to sleep after 30min of inactivity, I opened the text Messaging program

because it has a very WHITE background, then I set the desired brightness level and left the phone alone.

I checked the battery drain 30min later when the screen went off.

1) 30min @ minimal display brightness = battery drain was 4%

2) 30min @ full display brightness = battery drain was 9%

My test method is in no way perfect and much more data is needed to draw hard conclusions but

there seems to be a great benefit in setting the display brightness very low.
[Nexus 4 General] Kick-Ass Joe:
Thanks for sharing the numbers!
[Nexus 4 General] estallings15:
He's right. Thanks. It is nice to have actual data.
[Nexus 4 General] asasione:
Dude you don't need any more data, its bloody obvious!!!!!!

That's like driving slow verses driving fast, its clear which uses more fuel. LOL
[Nexus 4 General] estallings15:
That's not entirely accurate. Fuel consumption is more about rpm's. I can keep it in 2nd and go 40mph or go to 4th and go 55. The lower rpm will burn less fuel. :)
[Nexus 4 General] dralways:
Very true. I've noticed my battery drain fluctuates for no apparent reason. One day I'll see 9% drain in 30min, another I'll see 12+%. This is constantly day after day, week after week with very close use/task habits. I would chalk it up to task usage if my habits weren't so regular (basically gmail/browser/tapatalk).
[Nexus 4 General] saltmine:
I was actually going to do a test like this myself. Thank you for this post.

And to the people who are spamming this thread because they think it's obvious: you do realize you can read a thread without being obligated to reply, right? If you don't care, why post a massive image that just annoys other readers?
[Nexus 4 General] UZ7:
The image I posted is exactly how I felt, a picture is worth a thousand words :good:

When I reading it I was like okay this guy is on to something... then after reading it I was just like uh... so you mean to tell me... If I use less brightness I use less power? :eek: If I use max brightness I use more power? :(

Thats like turning on all the lights in my place and wondering why my power bill goes up.

Now if you do a test like Auto Brightness vs 30% brightness then it would be more interesting as auto brightness can save battery but it could also drain more depending on the length of time in that specific environment lighting. As opposed to 30% brightness which looks good in most lighting but may be a little too bright in the dark and a little too dim outside.

Also I'm not the smartest person in the world, but if I read something and I don't get anything out of it then I will speak out my how I feel... and if I don't even bother then that means its completely a waste of my time, so with that being said, yes I do care, hence the reply. ;):good:
[Nexus 4 General] -Mindroid-:
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

I'm sorry, I couldn't resist.

Auto Brightness tests are irrelevant outside the discrete time and place of the test. Such a test is invalid.
[Nexus 4 General] -Mindroid-:
The reason for such tests is to give some idea of the battery drain rate. When people have a better idea

of how the screen drains the battery they can make better choices about using their phones.

But mostly I'm just curious and having fun.

Granted, a short screen test of an idle pone isn't very useful.

Some other ideas that I have are watching a video, or continuously reloading a web page to

simulate web surfing on different brightness settings. Since the brightness doesn't appear to

be linear I'm most interested at the following (estimated) brightness values - 0%,5%,10%,25%,50%,100%

If you guys want to post your own tests here I will update the OP.
[Nexus 4 General] idividebyzero:
It is an LCD, displaying white doesnt affect the battery, that only affects OLED, the backlight shines the same amount regardless of the color including black

The only point to this that I can see is to find the highest brightness level before the curve jumps way up. Everyone knows lowering the brightness even a little consumes dramatically less power than full brightness.
[Nexus 4 General] UZ7:
Did you not read what i posted or you only quote the sentence you want to reply to.

"Now if you do a test like Auto Brightness vs 30% brightness then it would be more interesting as auto brightness can save battery but it could also drain more depending on the length of time in that specific environment lighting. As opposed to 30% brightness which looks good in most lighting but may be a little too bright in the dark and a little too dim outside."

Pretty much what that means is depending on where you're at, will affect the drain. If you're in a dark place, the brightness will lower a little so its not too bright = less power, if you're in a light/outside place it will increase brightness to compensate for the glare. Now if you compare that to a 30% brightness, it will always be the same constantly, if you're outside you may even have to increase it and end up leaving it to those settings thus convenience factor comes into play having to revert it back. But most of the time Auto Brightness drains a little more (you're not always in dark place) and since the settings arent perfect it will be a setting that you dont want. Testing this I put my phone at 30% in a low light room. It was still bright on the eyes, put it on auto and it dimmed lower, thus low light room = lower battery usage.

So in comparison between tests, an auto vs 30% is more subjective because not everyone lives in the same environment/lighting and time of day, which i still think is more interesting than when we say minimum display vs maximum display brightness which is pretty obvious.

But rest assure I'm just gonna drop it... If the people who read this thread didn't know that using more brightness = uses more battery/less brightness = uses less battery then disregard my reply and you did a good service to the people of XDA :good:
[Nexus 4 General] Laserbait:
Cool! I love to see actual numbers. I just got my Nexus 4 (16GB) and at full brightness, it's at least twice as bright as my old Moto Defy.
[Nexus 4 General] Pheno.menon:
Auto brightness on this phone is too dark.

I use 50% and still get great battery life

Transmission sent from my badass Nexus 4.
[Nexus 4 General] 666fff:
Incorrect. Even ordinary LCDs have differing power consumption for different pixel hues. Just very little.
[Nexus 4 General] -Mindroid-:
Blacks and whites are irrelevant

I repeated the same test at full brightness on a black screen and this time I got 8% battery drain in 30min.

Previously a white screen drained 9% so it seems "idividebyzero" is correct - the color doesn't matter as much.
[Nexus 4 General] sidamos77:
AW: Screen brightness effects on the battery

My N4 uses 6.5% per hour at 10% brightness on WiFi.
[Nexus 4 General] spile:
Anyone who watches QI will know that the blindingly obvious is not always the case so I thank the OP for this post.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] k.babymamma:
Help! I'm running the latest Jelly Thunder ROM. I have everything set up correctly for Google Wallet and so I do not think it is the ROM....thus my not posting it there.

I got a transaction to go through exactly ONCE, at McD's on January 3rd. So I do know it CAN work. But it has not since. I've tried 3 different convenience stores on multiple occasions but to no avail. I have not been back to McD's to try again, however.

I found a forum explaining a certain way to hold it over the terminal. Tried that today. Nope. I even reflashed the ROM (just in case!) Yes I do know it is not JT sure. Everything behaves as it should....EXCEPT when I try and make a purchase.

So......WHAT AM I DOING WRONG!? I'm at my ropes end with this, driving me bananas, and the convenience store clerks are going to start whispering, "Here comes that crazy phone lady again."

I'm attaching a screen shot of what I get *every* time I attempt to pay. Maybe it is not my phone but their f*#$ing terminals? No idea. But I've about had it!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] k.babymamma:
Sorry here is that screen shot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cdshepherd:
First I would check the antenna. Make sure all the contact points are being made. Do you have a nfc tag you can test it on? Even a grocery store tag or rewards tag will work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bookem11:
Whenever I get that screen, I tell the cashier that I'm paying with credit. They usually push some button on their screen and it goes through.

I keep my phone on the terminal and don't lift it until the transaction is complete.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] LittleRedDot:
Same here
[General Questions and Answers] lishron:
Can anyone recommend a good spell checker for online forms. I have looked around but with no luck. I have found many spell checkers but they all require you to first type in there app and then to copy and paste the contents of over to the online form whether it be this form or Facebook something that would integrate with a web browser. Or a web browser with spell check built in. I have the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1. thanks so much
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] brummielad:
I have just got a galaxy nexus after coming from a iphone 4 and when i use my phone in the car i have the sat nav on(co pilot live) and have my music playing through bluetooth to my radio and i have it plugged into the phone charger charging but for some reason the phones battery decreases, never had this problem on the iphone :( anyone else have this probelm
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] T-Keith:
When the screen is on it can use more output than a standard usb port can make. The charger you are using is likely only charging at 500 may(usb charging), you need a 1 ah charger. There have been several posts in the accessories forum. Apple uses a different method (go figure) for higher amp chargers. A standard micro usb cable will work but the charger must be capable of 1amp output.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] brummielad:
Thanks, guess I'll have to have a look for a new charger then
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] T-Keith:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002TOKTHO/ref=cm_sw_r_an_am_at_ws_us?ie=UTF8

This is the one I use, otherwise just read reviews and make sure they can do 1 amp.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AldehydeGFX:
Rather large file size, but im sure your GSIII can handle it, works flawlessly on mine. I only made it big for quality.

This is my first boot animation BTW, I use it on my phone as well :P

Download for manual install

push into "system/media"

Reboot.

This is designed for Galaxy S3 Only, please use at your own risk if you want to resize and use on different device.

As always, make a nandroid backup just in case.

This boot animation was test on Cyanogenmod 10 on the Verizon Galaxy S III, and should work on any ROM so long as the boot-loader is unlocked.

Source for background : http://hdw.eweb4.com/out/622824.html

Please tell me if there is anything wrong with it.

Enjoy!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] akiscoolio:
Best boot animation ever,if only was just a little bigger for my screen,anyway it's awosome
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eXPilce:
Looks Awesome!

Sent from my SCH-I535
[General Topics] Mesaman2012:
Has anyone tried or had any luck porting j.b. sense 4.5 for the sensation.
[General Topics] sy224048:
A. This is the general section, we sensation users have our own section.

B. In said forum you will find information relating to this. No need to make a thread.

"log cat? Nah send me your address and ill mail you the phone"
[General Topics] Mesaman2012:
Thanks for your input. Lol
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] briancarrie05:
Sorry if this has been asked already but I searched and did not find it. Does anyone know how to keep the screen from dimming when it gives you the battery at 6% warning? One of the only features i find annoying about this thing is that it takes away the ability to control the brightness after it hits the 6% mark...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rtan73:
I think if you turn off the power saving setting in the notification menu that will stop that from happening. The reason if dims is to give you time to save whatever you are doing by using less power. If you keep the brightness at a high level the tablet will turn off much quicker.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] briancarrie05:
I did turn the power saving off but it still does the same. I know that they do this to give you the time to do some last minute adjustments but you would figure that they would give you the ability to shut it off as well. Even at full brightness, I would still get a good 15 min or so to finish up what I need to.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Haas360:
I also find this very annoying. How can we alter it
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] speekergeek:
Just wondering if anyone knows if there is a mod or a change to make to the sense camera (currently on cleanrom 5.1) to take more shots with the panorama app.

Preferably 360 degrees, without an external app.

Thanks
[T-Mobile LG G2x] LReyes66:
Ive moved on from my g2x to a S3 but i had given my brother my old g2x since he had a crapberry.

Ive always dealt with its crappy battery life but it was because i had alot of apps on it when i had it. I reflashed to weapon g2x because i had forgotten how to restore it back to factory rom and unroot and was too lazy to look it up again.

Anyways i told my brother i would buy a new battery for him since its cheap on ebay or amazon.

But question: Do these batteries lose its charge/capacity like laptop batteries? Is it even worth it if i get a new battery? or will the current battery do just fine?

Ive read reviews that people havent noticed differences between the new battery and the old one. Even the pricey genuine batteries.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mansa_noob:
All batteries do that. Why we get old too don't we???
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddavtian:
Hi all.

I'm running rooted 4.1.2 on 8013, with multiwidow app installed. I have very slow reaction from recent apps tab. It opens immediately but is not responding to 3-5 seconds. After few seconds it works fine. Have you seen this problem?

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] txtmikhail:
same here.. i tried re-flashing and problem still there.. its ok since i barely use it..
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timczer:
I also have noticed this problem. No clue as to why though.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lm that guy:
Yep, same here.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] globen:
Same here very annoying. Any possible fix for this?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aalupatti:
Add me in too
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kikoshi:
same here, while using the MultiWindow Manager
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omnia1994:
i have thesame problem
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] globen:
Maybe if were loud enough we might get some attention!:D It is sad that samsung pushes out an update that is supposed to multi task effienctly, which the multi windows does but the core service of multitasking is broken:(
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deecee52:
Same setup on N8000. I've noticed considerable lag with scrolling the recent apps. I have to remove some apps to see the whole list. It will not scroll at first.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Justinchi:
If you're rooted, u could play around with some different CPU settings. Otherwise, we gotta wait for Sammy to send a patch. This problem wasn't on the Mr.Darkman German 4.1.2 ROM though.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbogunro:
Does he do anything different in his rom to stop the lag?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Justinchi:
Idk but I didn't have this kind of lag when I was using his ROM
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbogunro:
Just noticed that the multi window zip or app causes the lag for me. Once uninstalled everything was fine.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Justinchi:
The Multi-Window Manager app? Ahhh, but what if we want more apps to have multi-view? :(
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbogunro:
Yeah. Idk guess we'll have to wait for a fix.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddavtian:
Bump.

Anybody has any ideas?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caaznkid:
Been troubleshooting this for a while. Fixed by modding less apps in multiscreen mode...it's not like we need 100 apps in multiscreen mode anyway.